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As the saying goes, “Sunshine is medicine for the soul.” We both woke up feeling quite tired, but were bright eyed and bushy tailed to see a huge blue sky out the window of the shelter. It was 5:30 am and what we thought to be the perfect opportunity to catch a time lapse of the sunshine and clouds from on top of the world. We were at 3500m above sea level; you could see the whole of Georgia. Not really, but it seemed like that. It was an extraordinary feeling to be so high, yet have such clarity of the world below. Amazing. We spent the next hour taking pictures every :30 seconds to create an epic time lapse. We, then, ate breakfast and re-packed all our wet belongings into plastic bags to make our descend back to Lagodehki. We calculated our descend should take between 5-6 hours based on our ascend travel time and distance. Going down must be quicker, right? Let the descend begin.

HIKING and BACKRIDING HORSE TOURS

We have collected some useful information for hiking or backriding in the Lagodekhi Nature Reserve and in the Lagodekhi Managed Reserve. Our intention is to help promote green tourism in this area and help visitors organized in advance their visit.

Map of the Lagodekhi Nature reserve and the Lagodekhi Managed Reserve, Georgia

Lagodekhi Nature reserve, also called Lagodekhi National Park, is located in the famous district of Kaheti, Georgia.

This Nature reserve is located on the southern slopes of the Caucasus and bordered with Azerbaijan and Dagestan (Rusia). If you are carrying a cellphone from Azrbaijan, you can even receive signal while you are hiking here.

Lagodekhi Nature reserve was the first nature protected area in Georgia. This occured while Georgia was still under the Russian Empire.

In this Nature Reserve, you can find waterfalls, glacial lakes, and sulphur springs. As well as the best representation of caucaus mountains and green forest Georgia has to offer.